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July 4, 1917 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Cairo, Egypt (Al Qâhirah)

Jul 4, 1917 at 11:38 pm
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Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse, in Cairo
Began: Wed, Jul 4, 1917 at 8:57 pm
Maximum: Wed, Jul 4, 1917 at 11:38 pm 1.618 Magnitude
Ended: Thu, Jul 5, 1917 at 2:20 am
Duration: 5 hours, 23 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

Location

July 4–5, 1917 — Total Lunar Eclipse — Cairo

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in Cairo. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (EET) for Cairo.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
8:57 pm Wed, Jul 4
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction Southeast 136°
21.4°
9:52 pm Wed, Jul 4
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction South-southeast 147°
28.6°
10:50 pm Wed, Jul 4
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.Map direction South-southeast 161°
34.0°
11:38 pm Wed, Jul 4
Maximum Eclipse Moon is closest to the center of the shadow.Map direction South 174°
36.2°
12:26 am Thu, Jul 5
Total Eclipse ends Total moon eclipse ends.Map direction South 187°
36.2°
1:25 am Thu, Jul 5
Partial Eclipse ends Partial moon eclipse ends.Map direction South-southwest 202°
33.1°
2:20 am Thu, Jul 5
Penumbral Eclipse ends The Earth's penumbra ends.Map direction Southwest 215°
27.5°

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The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in Cairo. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.

Cloud Coverage (Jul 4–5)

In the past, this day was cloudy 2% of the time (since 2000).

Lunar Eclipses
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  11. Accuracy of Our Eclipse Calculations
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Eclipses

Eclipses and Transits Visible in Cairo

Eclipse Visibility From CairoVisibility Worldwide
May 24, 1910 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 16–17, 1910 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Nov 6, 1911 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 1–2, 1912 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Apr 17, 1912 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Mar 12, 1914 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Aug 21, 1914 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 4, 1914 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7, 1914 Mercury TransitMercury Transit
Jan 31, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Mar 1, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Aug 24–25, 1915 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Jul 15, 1916 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Jan 8, 1917 Penumbral Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Jan 23, 1917 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse
Jul 4–5, 1917 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Dec 17, 1918 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
May 15, 1919 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Nov 7–8, 1919 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse

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